Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act, process, or result of reducing.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial-time reduction.
  7. (countable, uncountable) An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
  8. (countable, uncountable) A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)
  9. (countable, uncountable) A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment, usually with a closed approach but sometimes with an open approach (surgery).
  10. (countable, uncountable) A reduced price of something by a fraction or decimal.
  11. (countable, uncountable) The ratio of a material's change in thickness compared to its thickness prior to forging and/or rolling.
  12. (countable, historical, uncountable) A religious settlement created during a mission by Spanish or Portuguese colonists with the intent of evangelizing Christianity to the local population.

Frekwensie

C2
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ɹɪˈdʌkʃən/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English reduccion, a borrowing from Old French reducion, from Latin reductiō, reductiōnem. Equivalent to reduce + -tion.

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